Judaism In Late Antiquity Analysis

Judaism in Late Antiquity by Jacob Neusner

‘Judaism in late antiquity’ by Jacob Neusner is a brief look back on the history of Judaism. Judaism is the official religion for the Jewish state of Israel. The sacred Hebrew scripture called the Torah serves as a model for an ethical lifestyle. Late antiquity applies to the beginning of the Common Era, specifically the start of the first six centuries. The history of Judaism in late antiquity first started with the Mishnah, the first important written scripture in Rabbinic Judaism that formed throughout the first and second centuries CE. As years went on, around four hundred years later, the Mishnah was changed completely into something new. This was called the “last Mishnah”, which is a revised
Some might say his article was biased because he is Jewish himself. But, he did a lot of research on Rabbinic Judaism. His main studies were Rabbinic Judaism. Jacob Neusner` reasoning and evidence is very clear. He proves his points by stating facts such as using the Torah to help him prove his point. Jacob Neusner uses history facts to back up his points. In addition, this text is a primary text because it is the original research, and the author does not make any assumptions because he states facts throughout this article. Now, there are some alternative perspectives that are remained unconsidered, such as the religion of Islam, and how their history is not incorporated with Israel, after all, Jewish people have been living side by side with Arabs all through history. There are no logical flaws in the way the arguments of Jacob Neusner are constructed, everything is constructed accordingly. Therefore, Jacob Neusner in my opinion is a very strong author, and I believe readers would not think he is biased due to the excessive amounts of research he has done on Rabbinic Judaism, which probably nobody else ever